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OTROS VOLUNTARIADOS

CURRENT VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS IN ATHENS as at 15 August
Please read the pinned post and google docs for more information, locations and contacts. It is essential that new volunteers read the guidance on volunteering in Athens to familiarise themselves with volunteering in Athens before starting their volunteering.

If you are new to volunteering in Athens, please consider spending your first couple of days at the Ellinikon Warehouse helping with the sorting of donations. More information below.

For Spanish speaking Volunteers we have a WhatsApp Group.

Text your number to Patricia Colón if you want to included at 34 678318021

When you are offering your help and agreeing to a date and time, please do honour that commitment. Team leaders and project managers rely on you and sometimes turn other people away if they think they have enough volunteers. Therefore please only commit to helping if you are definitely committed to helping.

OFFICIAL CAMPS:
Please note that independent volunteers are not allowed in any of the official camps. Volunteers need to be registered with one of the NGOs/Groups mentioned below.
1) Ellinikon Camp II – the old Airport – the Danish Refugee Council are looking for: volunteer teachers, fluent in Farsi able to teach Greek or English and a volunteer football coach. Minimum age: 20 years and minimum one month commitment. Email at volunteer@drc-greece.org to find out more.https://drc.dk/where-we-work/europe-and-caucasus/greece
2) Eleonas – volunteer via Project Elea – minimum 2 weeks and minimum age requirements (18 years)https://www.facebook.com/projectelea.volunteers/ – now taking volunteer applications from September onwards.
3) Skaramangas with Drop in the Ocean – see below for more info
4) Skaramangas with Organisation Earth – See below for more info
5) Oinofyta (this camp is 1 hr drive from Athens) – ArmandoAid who provides the schooling at this camp is looking for volunteers and volunteer teachers and also has openings for remote roles.https://www.facebook.com/ArmandoAid/?fref=ts. or Contact Layhing Siu Munro
6) Agios Andreas – register through HSA via www.humanitarian-support-agency.org and follow the instructions. More info under: volunteer@humanitarian-support-agency.org

OTHER LOCATIONS:
1) Ellinikon Warehouse – from 11-6pm Monday to Friday Katerina Rouniou – continuous need for volunteers to help sort donations – you can turn up at the hours stated – you don’t need to book in advance – You can also volunteer at the warehouse with Organisation Earth (see below for more info).
The warehouse is within the disused Ellinikon airport, at the back of the huge Basketball Stadium on the coastal road (Posidonos), across the tram/bus stop “Elliniko”. Please report at the security check-point – between the Olympic Airways terminal and the Stadium – and tell the guard you are a volunteer at the warehouse of “Pampiraiki”. The warehouse is the big blue building (pinpoint here https://www.google.com/…/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d37.8…
A watsapp group has been set up for volunteers helping at the Ellinikon Warehouse… please PM Kara Kallenbach if you wish to be added to it.
2) Marhacar team is looking for volunteer drivers to help with distribution of Aid in and around Athens – contact via http://marhacar.org/
3) Orange House – we need – farsi or arabic speakers and volunteers with building skills (we need help to put cement in the courtyard) – we are also scheduling volunteers for September – contact volunteer@zaatar.org or PMAida Khalil Trissell
4) Project leaders needed to help run projects with groups of refugees (Rooftop gardening, Solar cooking, Woodworking, Civil engineering (building maintenance and conservation), Herbalism, IT and electronics (e-Learning and R&D), General tinkering and DIY. Contact Harper Pollockhttps://daedalus.libtech.website/ltg-athens/

ORGANISATIONS THAT TAKE VOLUNTEERS
No Border School need volunteers for squats and other locations in Athens. Minimum age 18 and minimum commitment of two weeks is required. They do not need to be teachers, just confident to deliver a lesson! Interested volunteers can message through their fb pagehttps://www.facebook.com/noborderschool/ or PM Becca Dalby Bowler.

To volunteer with Drop in the Ocean, you have to register first. Send an email to volunteer@drapenihavet.no and ask for more information, or go to web-page http://drapenihavet.no/en/, and submit the register form from there. Their requirements are that volunteers should be minimum 25 years old, can commit for at least 10 days, and can communicate in English. It’s not necessary to have any particular competence, but pre-school personnel/teachers, medic/health care, people with relevant language skills, and long-term are highly valued.

For wider opportunities in Greece, please check hereWWW.GREECEVOL.INFO. New projects can also be added here.

Reminder: if you sign up to a project, please do honour that commitment. Team leaders and project managers rely on you and sometimes turn other people away if they think they have enough volunteers. Therefore please only commit to helping if you are definitely committed to helping.

Please note that we do not recommend volunteers only coming to volunteer for a day or a few hours, especially if you are new to volunteering in Athens/Greece. One day really does not give you enough time to orientate yourself and understand what is going on in this crisis. You will most likely be a hindrance rather than a help.

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Stay calm. This is a crisis, in historical terms, and when you first arrive, you will likely feel overwhelmed by the numbers of people and the amount of need. But minute by minute, there is almost never an emergency. Refugees are already stressed; if you are also panicking or aggressive, this only makes them more anxious. Please do not yell or otherwise contribute to tension. If you see someone working unprofessionally, mention it to a Field Coordinator (but please, no personal criticism–remember: calm.

Take your time, and please always put everything back in its place when you have a few free minutes. It makes everyone’s job here easier when everything is tidy.

If there’s downtime or you’re not sure what to do, pick up some trash. Plastic bottles, emergency blankets, discarded clothes–it is all piling up every day and can look overwhelming, but if everyone chips in a little our tent will be in much better shape.

Do not assume that you have a better solution or system–especially if you have recently arrived. Often things are done in a particular way for a reason, which has been worked out by many people before you. Please respect what other people are working on. If you need their help, ask–but don’t be upset or judgmental if they don’t or can’t help. Sometimes people are working on something that doesn’t look immediately urgent, or as important as what you’re doing, but in the big picture, it might very well be.

Prioritize refugees It seems obvious, but sometimes personality conflicts can seem more important.

Children, elderly or sick people first.

Respect the Police

If you are working in a group, always inform other people when you leave. Situations can sometimes be intense or chaotic, and whoever you’re working with is relying on your help too.

Ask permission for photos. Photos can be key for communicating the situation to friends back home (especially if they’re donating money!), but please be sensitive to refugees’ immediate needs and privacy. If people are actively fleeing persecution, it can endanger them to share their image and location.

Key Contacts and Emergency Numbers

Take a minute to program these into your phone.

Three-digit numbers can be called only from a Greek number. Phone code for Greece is +30. Numbers beginning with 6 are mobile numbers.